Ancestry of
Chevy Chase

Comedian, Actor and Writer

Edward Leigh Chase

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• • Grandfather of Chevy Chase — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4 
  • Father:
  • Charles Denison Chase 
  • Mother:
  • Grace Metcalfe   
  • Birth Date:
  • 3 Aug 1884 
  • Birth Location:
  • Elkhart Lake, Sheboygan, Wisconsin 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • Feb 1965 
  • Death Location:
  • Woodstock, Ulster, New York 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Artists Cemetery, Woodstock, Ulster, New York 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Mabel Penrose Tinsley
  • Marriage Date:
  • 6 Feb 1917 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Manhattan, New York, New York 
  • Child:

  Edward Tinsley Chase (Ahnentafel No:2 )

  • Notes: 

  • Edward Leigh Chase was a artist and illustrator.

• Sources for Edward Leigh Chase

  • ¹ Daily Illinois State Journal (Springfield, Illinois), 17 FEB 1912, Obituary for father Charles D. Chase.
  • ² Federal Census, MO, St. Louis County, 1900, Central, E.D. 120, Sheet 31A, Image 61 of 67.
  • ³ Federal Census, AR, Saline County, 1910, Bauxite, E.D. 153, Sheet 5B, Image 10 of 23.
  • ⁴ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 04/27/2015).
  • ⁵ New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938, Marriage record for Edward Leigh Chase and Mabel Penrose Tinsley.
  • ⁶ U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Death record for Edward Leigh Chase.
  • ⁷ U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Draft registration for Edward Leigh Chase.
  • ⁸ IMDb, "Chevy Chase Biography", (accessed 04/27/2015).
  • ⁹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 311.
  • ¹⁰ Wikipedia, "Edward Leigh Chase", (accessed 04/27/2015).

Chevy Chase photo by Alan Light (CC BY 2.0)